A tale of every restaurant.

Recently I noticed something strange through which I go almost everytime I visit a restaurant. And now I have started to hate it. I have noticed this when I go with my college friends, Team mates, or even relatives. I am sure even you have gone through this, but have never noticed, or have simply ignored the fact. What I am talking about is a regular day when you go out for lunch / Dinner, just because you are "bored" of homely food and want a change.
I will take the blame on myself and become the person who delivers the regular dialogues and continue with the tale, you can link it with your experiences in a restaurant. I will keep the conversation limited to two people, so that it becomes easier for me to write the tale. And I will mention only the vegetarian dishes which are served in every hotel.

The decision :
Amar : Khana khane kahan jaana hai be ? (Where to go for lunch?)
Nishad : Kahin bhi, tu bata. (Anywhere, you tell.)
Amar : Best foods ?
Nishad : Nahi yaar, wahan ki roti achhi nahi hoti. (No yaar, their rotis are not good )
Amar : To bata na kahan jaana hai ! ( Then tell naa where to go ? )
Nishad : kahin bhi, but not Best foods. (Anywhere but no best foods.)
Amar : Kya khana hai ? (What do you want to eat ? )
Nishad : Kuch bhi. (Anything.)
Amar : Chal Shiv Sagar chalte hain. ( Lets go to Shiv Sagar )
Nishad : Ok.
And rest of the friends also agree to the decision. Frankly, almost everybody have no problems with which hotel we go in but still someone argues about the hotel when given an option, as someone rightly said, Opinions are like A**holes, Everybody has one.

So we go to Shivsagar.
The Menucard is placed.

Starters : Amar : Kya order karna hai ? (What to order ? )
Nishad : Kuch bhi. (Anything )
Amar : Soup peena hai ? (anybody wants soup ? )
Nishad : Nahi yaar. (No please ) (Others also say no to Soup)
Amar : Main ek Veg Manchow soup loonga. ( I will have one Manchow soup)
Nishad : One by two karna. (Make it one by two.) (And the rest also order soup)

Everybodyb wants to have soup / starters, but they simply wait for someone to take initiative, till then, they keep saying NO.
In every restaurant visit, When it comes to placing an order, only 1 or two people take the responsibility of ordering food. Nobody is firm on what to order except for one or two.The rest are, "Kuch bhi"
First they say no to soup / Starters, and when one of them takes, the rest follows.
The only orders : Veg Manchow Soup / Tomato Soup
or Gobi Manchurian / Veg Manchurian for starters.
Even though the menu card shows a veriety of other dishes.

The soup is served, everybody is happily drinking the soup, spoon by spoon.
someone raises a point in between,
"Abe main course order karte hain. " (Lets order the main course)
In between, the main course is ordered.
Amar : Kaunsi sabzi maangani hai ? (Which curry to order ? )
Nishad : Kya kya milta hai ? (What's served here ? )
Actually, everybody is aware of what is served and what is not in every hotel, except for some special dishes. But still, " Kya kya milta hai yahan ? "
Nishad glances through the menu card, and says, " Paneer Butter Masala ? "
One of us says Ok.
Another says, " Abe panner nahi be. Hamesha paneer hi khate hain " (No Paneer please, we eat it everytime. )
"To kya ? " (Then what ? )
"Dusra kuch bhi." (Anything other than that.)
"Ek sweet aur ek Spicy sabzi maangate hain" (we will order one sweet and one spicy curry)
After a lot of opinion mismatches, we order :
" Ek Paneer Butter Masala , Ek Veg kadhai, Ek dal fry"

Every order contains only:
Paneer Butter Masala / Paneer Tikka Masala
Veg Hyderabadi / Veg Kadhai / Veg Handi and a Dal Fry is a Must.

I haven't seen anybody order Aloo gobi, or Baingan ka bharta in a hotel.
While ordering rotis, nobody has a single opinion on whether to order a roti / naan / Kulcha .
out of 4 people,
First : Plain Roti
Second : Butter Kulcha
Third : Main bhi Plan Roti.
Fourth : Butter Naan.

This is enough for the waiter to get confused what to get for whom.

The soup is finished and everyone is waiting for the main course. And 6 times out of 10, everybody feels that the waiter is taking a lot of time to serve.
Finally the food arrives. The waiter serves the food in everybody's plate.
everybody gets their roti/kulcha/naan.

When the roti is about to finish,
Amar : Kisi ko ek aur roti chahiye ? (Anybody wants extra roti ? )
Nishad : Muzhe ek.
Amar : Aadhi aadhi lenge kya ? (Shall we take half each ? )

While ordering the next roti, there is always a Yes/no- Yes/No. Finally everybody order roti / naan.
Every roti orderd the second time, always takes 10-15 minutes.
By that time, everybody keeps playing with the curry in the plate, or with the onion salad which we get as a compliment.
Nishad : Kya yaar, kitna late kar raha hai. (What the hell, how much time he is taking )
Amar : Wohi to. Khana thanda ho raha hai. (Even the food is getting cold )

Actually, The food gets cold in the 5th minute from when it is served. But still, for the sake of saying , "Khana thanda ho raha hai"

Roti Arrives, everybody finishes it. Always some curry is left.
Amar : Rice order karna hai kya ? (Shall we order rice ? )
Nishad : Nahi yaar, pet bhar gaya. (No , stomach is full)
Amar : muzhe khana hai, Kisi aur ko chahiye ? (I want to eat, anybody else ? )

The third and 4th also agree. and finally we order
"2 Veg Fried rice"
There are at least 10 vareties of rice available, but still we order :
Veg Fried rice / Ghee rice / Jeera Rice.

Rice arrives,
It is served to everyone (Including Nishad) Saying my stomach is full is just for the sake of saying something. Everybody finishes their rice.
And finally if you observe everybody's plate, you will notice that, for someone, the curry served was insufficient. Someone has a lot of leftover in his plate. Someone has carefully seperated the chillies and capsicum from the curries.
The bill is paid, and at least 10-15 rs of Tip is given to the waiter.
Everybody exits the hotel, and say " Khana sahi tha !"

The dialogues mentioned in the above story are exactly the same whenever I go out with my friends. The same incidents occur everytime, regardless of the people accompanying me. I am tired of this stuff. I am no more ordering the same things again in any hotel.